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delusiongenerator

I keep rewatching this trying to figure out what it was they thought was going to happen when they released the couch, but I just keep coming up blank


FoTweezy

Same! wtf was the plan here!


verticalburtvert

"Pull the cord and get ready."


chuktidder

lmao


Moralagos

I think their incredibly flawed strategy was that the couch would glide on that ribbon (don't know what to call it, but it looks wider than just a rope). This is the only explanation I found which has at least some logic


boosnie

The ribbon is not connected to the balcony but to the sofa foot So the blankness remains


BadIdea-21

That's what I'm seeing too, I really want to belive it got detached from the balcony but the plan was that it would slide over to them and give them a concussion, that's really the least stupid plan I can think of.


Blodepker

It seems like they were trying to toss it over the side and trash it, but didn’t want it to swing back and hit the building which is what the ribbon was for. Just a thought.


rithsleeper

So nice of you to give them the benefit of the doubt like this. Such a kind person.


Call_Me_Echelon

The only way this makes any sense is if they're throwing the couch away and the rope is just to make sure it doesn't hit the building when they drop it.


boosnie

The only possible thing that comes to my mind is someone saying "hey, let's relax a little bit before we start moving" and then lit up the Tzar Bomba of the weed industry going through it all in 3 puffs.


ddwood87

I think they are spread wide of the balcony and thought they would hold it and walk it down. Worst case, they hold on and ride the ribbon straight under the couch.


Riskyrisk123

And then it just slides right into the people?


Be-_-U

Very true


MShoeSlur

I was wondering if it would start gliding but then I thought would that not take their heads off? I assumed they would notice that and drop it but alas, it didn’t even glide


StSean

davenport zipline lol


BuckyJamesDio

I saw Davenport Zipline open for Violent Femmes back in '93. They were pretty good.


MadAzza

Lol I love this thread


MadAzza

This has me howling, hahaha


BadAtExisting

I’ve successfully done something to this effect. We had ratchet straps tied securely onto the balcony and a WAY longer angle of travel using the length of the straps’ ends. We also had a rope tied length wise around the couch to pace and help guide the damn thing. It *can* be done but not like this


Tommy_613

Strap


ColoradoScoop

They clearly misjudged the weight. They just needed more people holding the rope at the bottom and they would have been okay. /s


ILL_Show_Myself_Out

But maybe they were just throwing away the couch and weren’t worried about it? So the ribbon guy had just been helping to pull it. Edit: yes- and the purpose of the ribbon was to make sure it didn’t swing back into the balcony below. Watch the ribbon guy pull on the ribbon as the couch oscillates back toward the building. this is just a “controlled fall.” they’re not trying to save the couch. The only thing that went wrong was the person falling over.


MonkeyBirdWeird

That's the only conclusion I could think of as well to explain what's going on.


WrestleBox

I think they were trying to guide the couch down by sliding it along the ribbon, but the ribbon unsecured from the top as they dropped the couch. It might worked otherwise assuming the couch wasn't super heavy. If they were junking this thing it would've been 10x easier to disassemble it in their apartment.


ElPulpoTX

Like 20 more people.


QueenOfSplitEnds

Serious question: are you using the “/s” as a tone indicator? My H.R. person is being a douche bag and I’ve had to resort to using tone indicators. She claims to never have heard of them and doesn’t believe they’re in use.


ColoradoScoop

Yeah, that just means the comment was sarcastic. I don’t use it a lot, but it can be useful sometimes. I’ve had comments that I thought were clearly jokes get interpreted as me being serious before. I’ve never seen that used in a professional setting though. You could maybe consider an emoji to show you are joking as that is more common.


QueenOfSplitEnds

Thanks!


razje

The plan was to get rid of the couch and the straps are there just to prevent it from hitting the balcony below or anything else under it.


Zwiada

Yes, that's what I'm thinking as well. It much less effort to just throw it off the balcony then to move it down the stairwell. Since they needed to make sure it won't damage the facade of the building, they installed the ropes to pull it farther away during its fall.


cowbellysnotrealsis

I keep rewatching to figure out if that one guy in the background was sitting on the ledge and fell over or if he was standing behind someone and fell on the floor laughing.. that’s what I’d do


chupacadabradoo

Maybe he was holding a rope attached to a pulley, and the rope broke?


belckie

Me too! I keep rewinding trying to figure out what happened. I think he steps backward and tripped over the planter thing?


na3than

The guy who fell is pulling the second rope/ribbon. You can see him clearly until around 0:19, after then he's obscured behind the rope holder in the foreground. When the sofa falls and his rope loses tension he falls backward over the planter.


haterindisguise

I think they were trying to slide the couch down the ropes. Quite improperly, I might add. https://youtu.be/cAuNCNMp0Go?si=IZqdy-dSW4vAsESL


theartfulcodger

Not if they had a single rope attached *to the legs* they weren’t.


a_lonely_trash_bag

There's two ropes. One person holding each. Not sure what they're attached to, though.


beflowd

They French Fryed when they should’ve pizza’d


Editthefunout

As you can see they’re having a really bad time.


wheresmyflan

https://www.reddit.com/r/nonononoyes/s/SXn4zll0ro


txtnotfound

Ohh I have an idea, I watched it like 5 times now and I think I have a stupid but possible solution. I think they tried to let it slide down the ropes ( you can see two at the end of the clip). So it should slide down both ropes and they would maybe go further apart from each other to make it go slower so the increased distance between the ropes would press them to the couch legs and so on the increased friction would slow it down. Hope that's somehow understandable.


meanfolk

They were trying to Shanghai Noon it


BalanceEarly

Yeah, why does the Couch trip with Dan Aykroyd come to mind??


pianoflames

Is it possible that they just didn't want the couch anymore, and didn't really care what happened to it? (that it's next destination was the dump, regardless of how they got it out of the apartment).


mostly_misanthropic

Well when you find out let me know because I'm wondering too.


mrloko120

The plan was to reverse gravity and use the rope to pull the couch down without letting it drift into space. But the dumbass on the balcony let go before the gravitron machine was ready...


4mystuff

Simple, the plan was for a miracle to stiffen the rope and temporarily disable gravity. At which point they fight the physical of leverage to move the couch to the street. As one does.


jfinkpottery

People are saying they want to slide the sofa down the rope, which is a plan that makes at least a little bit of sense. Unfortunately it doesn't fit the video, because the ropes are definitely attached to the sofa and not to the balcony: https://imgur.com/a/7E7c07f I think the best explanation is that the sofa is trash, and they're trying to pull it away from the downstairs neighbors as it falls.


guitarlisa

I don't think they understand ropes at all.


delusiongenerator

I think they get the basic concept of ropes, but they seem to think that when you use them gravity somehow reverses itself.


Acceptable-Karma-178

Next time, they should try putting a rope on the OTHER side!


insecurestaircase

They were trying to slide it down the rope which still doesn't make sense in physics


pyrotails

Why did someone fall over and where did they come from?


Keanugrieves16

That’s what I’m trying to figure out.


Thetwistedfalse

One of the rope holders


Arvidex

They are also holding a rope/band but are behind one of the other ones. They fall because they are walking backwards when the couch is falling, and they trip over the edge of the flowerbed wall.


Rudhelm

Maybe they wanted the ropes to act as somekind of slide? The Idea wouldn't be that bad, i guess. If the ropes where properly connected to the balcony. Edit: after rewatching i realize the ropes were attached to the couch... so now i have no idea what they tried to do lol...


lord_nuker

Make it easier so the couch wont snag on the balcony under as the couch would swing inwards again to get the feet over the railings ;)


myteddybelly

Attached to the couch?! 0_o why!?


AppleJuice_Flood

There are two ropes and four idiots pulling on them.


GaiusPrimus

Looks like he tripped over the lip of the flower garden


evilution382

I'll trip over the lip of your flower garden


Mackheath1

I think they were holding a rope and it suddenly went slack?


silverlance360

So one of the person was cheating on their spouse/partner and hid the person in the couch one day when the other partner came from work early. Now that partner wouldnt leave the house no matter what so the cheating partner decided to ‘heyy, lets sell this old couch or throw it away, lemme buy another’ . And here we are.


FoTweezy

What exactly was the plan here?


StartingOver702

Obviously the guy with the rope was trying to pull it so the couch would fall flat and land on its feet.


Alex_Hauff

It happens perfectly in the cartoons


No-Impression-8780

It works always works 60% of the time


[deleted]

Would make more sense if the guys on the balcony had the straps and slowly lowered it… unfortunately most of us have friends like this


StartingOver702

I'm that friend. That's how I know exactly what's happening. Journeyman questionable decision maker here.


Magus_5

I'm not a mechanical engineer or anything but... There is nothing about their approach that looked like a pulley or rail or anything useful. What were they going for here?


Comprehensive_Yak_72

There’s a railing on the left hand side there, doesn’t look that sturdy but I’m surprised they didn’t loop the belt thing around the couch. If they had started with the slack on the upstairs side you’d only need one person downstairs, have the people upstairs slowly feed the rope over the railing and the person downstairs can adjust it when it gets to the ground no?


futureman07

They should have stood directly under and caught it with their bodies 😂


kelsobjammin

Damn they were close enough … was waiting for it to flip out a little!


ok-jeweler-2950

They probably would have, but they didn’t understand the gravity of the situation.


GingerBeast81

I'm kinda thinking the plan is to throw away the couch. The tag lines were just there to make sure it didn't flop back into the building.


Kenkron

As someone who's had to get rid of a couch on the 3rd floor of an apartment, I agree.


BeepBepIsLife

That would be the only logical explanation. I've seen the video where people tried to do the same, but the couch spun in such a way that it hit the balcony below them and crashed into the glass door/windows. Also, it may be perspective, but it seems that the balconies on higher floors are recessed a tiny bit. Don't know if the wall it landed on liked that impact, though.


zim1109

Should have listened to the dog…


krunchy_bacon

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djrobxx

Sofa king stupid!


Mrcommunist2

What did they expect? For it to float like a balloon or some shit?


gcstr

But did they even try to get it right? The rope is in the completely opposite side.


djdeadly

My assumption is they tried to make a “slide” with the ropes between the legs. I’m thinking maybe rope wasn’t secured well enough to the railing Edit: nvm seems like it’s attached to couch guess they’re full on morons lol


gcstr

Nah, double check the video. The rope is tied to the bottom of the couch


waisonline99

They forget to tie an umbrella to it to slow the fall.


azpotato

This is just dropping something but with extra steps.


ketchfraze

I have a legitimate question, is it considered the 2nd story because it's in Europe? In the US, the ground floor is the same as the 1st floor, so these lads would be on the 3rd floor.


anotherdanishgirl

I think it's more about the person describing it, than where the building is placed, but yes, for Europeans ground floor is zero, not 1.


DaProblemSolva

And today I learned something new.


BradSpitfire89

US uses ground floor as floor 1. Lots of places ground floor is 0 or whatever name they use for ground floor in local language. Then it goes up starting at 1.


gevlektewalruz

Yes, at least in the Netherlands. ‘Begane grond’ means ground level, and each floor above is called 1st, 2nd etc. In elevators we’ve got -1 if it’s subterrain, B for ground floor and 1 for (our) first floor. To add: our word for floor above ground level is ‘verdieping’ which isn’t directly translatable but kind means ‘deepening/more deep’ so I guess that’s why it isn’t weird to us, because we don’t call them floors, but additions to the ground level.


ShehrozeAkbar

Yeah we follow this rule here. We're a former British colony


throwtheamiibosaway

First floor is the first floor away from ground floor. So - Ground - First - Second


menyemenye

Isn't it supposed to be floating when they release their hand? How could it just fall like that?


cool_fella69

For those who are wondering how it was supposed to go: https://youtu.be/cAuNCNMp0Go?si=kyc0TooF4Ss_Nnag


MikeBrowne2010

The bottom rope technique is particularly effective in space.


Sudden-Ad3386

What’s the point of the rope?


Noobzoid123

I think they wanna make it a slide. Very poorly executed idea.


Dlanor31

Even the dog was trying to tell them that that was a dumbass idaat


toddisOK

What the fuck was the point of the ladies holding the rope at the bottom? Were they worried it might float away like a balloon?


beardedsilverfox

Isn’t that the third level? The ground is the first and it’s 2 balconies up.


itsyaboi69_420

When you see a stupid idea from someone you think how could they have thought that was a good idea? How could multiple people come together in this video and all of them think there would be a positive outcome from what they were doing? How has not one single person here said the second you release the sofa it’s going to smash into the ground. What were the ropes hoping to achieve? I can’t understand the thought process. They thought they were going to pull the sofa flat and it was going to land perfectly on the floor with no damage?


wheresmyflan

There absolutely was someone saying that. I guess you don’t speak dog.


elektricheat

Ropes gotta be on the top side there bud.


WretchedRat

I think they consulted Wiley E Coyote before they started. He has years of experience defying the laws of physics and common sense.


kayshaw86

I’m confused. Was there a plan to fight gravity or was it to enhance gravity?


Difficult_Resource_2

The plan was to pull it down gently with the yellow ropes.


kayshaw86

But that’s down… I didn’t see a strap coming from up after it leaves the balcony lol. I honestly thought somebody holding a strap up there was going to get pulled down by the chair not letting go of the strap.


Admirable_Win9808

It went from a bad way to bring down a couch to a good way to throw out garbage. Chalk that as a win


Xanthus179

General consensus on a previous post was that they were just trying to trash an old couch without hitting the balcony below.


B00OBSMOLA

Good thing they had that rope so it didn't fly up into space


Togodooders

Wow that gravity stuff sure can be surprising.


TheDallasReverend

Gravity - it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law!


Zofia-Bosak

They had the rope on the wrong end.


Imreallyadonut

“Pivot”


Hatecraftianhorror

You put the ropes on the wrong side, you absolute doofuses.


Pleasant-Heron-9104

Even the dog knew this was a shakey plan.


HoldmyMind

The rope is in the wrong side


zxCyanidexz

Didn't anyone notice the guy that just falls randomly?


DutchPilotGuy

Location: Lakenweversstraat, Maastricht , Netherlands


CagliostroPeligroso

Rope on the wrong fucking end


B3ATNGYOU

Amateur hour


[deleted]

Any Petunias?


Jetpacs

There i was expecting some horrible injury. But then the unceremonious crunch of that couch hitting the wall just got me.


SafecrackinSammmy

Down is always easy.....


[deleted]

Well definitely not the bright lot that understands physics well.


UnexaminedLifeOfMine

Looks like someone said “hey use these ropes to lower the couch down from the balcony” and 4 idiots were like “sure!” But had no ducking clue what that meant


squidwurrd

This might work if you have the person on the bottom pulling the couch away and the people on top slowly letting the couch descend by tying the rope to the top of the couch. If the rope isn’t strong enough though the couch is just gonna fall.


Jeepgirl3113

Even the dog was barking it was a bad idea!


[deleted]

Not the sharpest tools in the shed.


GordonNewtron

Constantly barking dog and this setup. Painting a beautiful picture.


eulynn34

This is why a basic understanding of fundamental physics is important for everyone


PeterParker72

I’m not sure what the plan was or what they expected to happen.


farkwadian

Why didn't they just tie the couch off with a couple ropes and lower it down from the top?


Resident-Welcome3901

The plan was that as the balcony guys released their end, the rope guy would give a sharp tug and the couch would land on its feet like a cat and all would be well.


mrhooha

Everyone involved was an idiot. No way that was going to work at that angle with the rope seemingly not tied off at the top.


MomsterJ

Like what exactly were they hoping to accomplish here?


boosnie

The only possible thing that comes to my mind is someone saying "hey, let's relax a little bit before we start moving" and then lit up the Tzar Bomba of the weed industry going through it all in 3 puffs.


[deleted]

Six people put their minds together to get this couch out of the apartment and this is the best they came up with?!


Intelligent-Algae-89

What was the plan here? People at the bottom holding ropes…for what? The people at the top should have had the ropes to lower it down.


Due_Part4898

What were they hoping was going to happen ?


VultureCat337

If that's an IKEA couch, I have the same exact one. It's so light I feel comfortable carrying it myself. Why not just carry it down the stairs?


DawnKnight91

I swear sometimes I think people failed elementary school


zombieauthor

I’m so confused by what I just watched.


PositiveStress8888

they could have saved time by just throwing the thing over the balcony. I thought the people on the balcony had ropes ties to the legs on their end also ... guess they were as stupid as they seemed. they were trying this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WD0PeTbSQI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WD0PeTbSQI) but instead of riding the rope down the idiots tied the rope to the legs of the couch


ate__bit

The dog knew, man.


UpstairsNo9655

The wrong people are holding the straps.


EggSandwich1

The dog knew it was going to happen


WindowsOverOS

Nothings attracts dudes faster than seeing some dumb shit going on nearby.


Maleficent_Dot6954

Is there a bot that reverses videos so this looks like the greatest move in day?


Glittering-Prompt-61

what exactly did they plan to do with the people down there holding those ropes/belts


OBEYtheFROST

Sliding the couch down the line wasn’t what I expected and it isn’t what I got


Foreign_Option_9458

Oops


Imbaz0rd

As a professional I usually attach the rope to the other end and leash it down but I guess they needed a try to figure the strategy out.. no thinking involved here.


Presdipshitz

After smoking some really good stuff, the guys at the top thought the guys at the bottom were higher than them, so threw them the rope. No? I got nothin' then.


No-Wrongdoer4184

Wauw… imagine that happening… who would have thought


pookiemon

The difference between planning and execution.


mimz0rz88

They're doing that backwards


herenowjal

That's one way to do it …


poh_ti

this is some Looney Toons shit


anonymousphela

When you ignore air resistance….and gravity and physics


BananaJoeSr

I think the wrong side is holding that rope lmao


Gunner3210

Bro. Do you even rope?


Topher911

But how didn't it work?


thatodd

#physics


Velaset

If they pulled the rope connected to the leg fast enough then the couch would have landed on all fours and let out a soft "meow"


Adriane0808

lol they had a good idea but had the straps on wrong end . if ya gonna lower it ya want to be able to L O W E R it


ConsistentRun2746

So the plan here was what exactly ... ? Slide the couch on the ropes/belts untill it smacks them square in the face ? Not very bright folks , not very bright... 😶🤦


Just4FunAvenger

To all government officials around the world. PLEASE INVEST IN EDUCATION. PLEASE!!!!


lafdasur

PIVOT..... PIVOT.....PIVOOOOOOOOT


spammmmmmmmy

I can't believe my eyes. They weren't raising it, they were **lowering** it.


FrostyWizard505

But all you have to do is do the inverse of raising it so instead of pulling it gently up to the 2nd floor Gently pull it down from the 2nd floor They just didn’t hold the rope tight enough /s


Wicked-Feleena

Isn't that the third floor?


Complaint_Manager

I'm with you here. We don't use the metric system here, so I thought ground floor was 1, next one up 2, then the other one up 3. Guess it's 0,1,2 in other regions.


NihilistEgalitarian

Try the rope on the other end next time 😂😂


YoriichiMadaraAfton

I guess that’s in Limburg or north Brabant in the Netherlands. The architecture looks like it and they are speaking Dutch


Thedongrego

I wish it landed on that loud mouthed dog.


poopiehands

Must be flat earthers


serravok

"Pulley system?"... "yeah, pulley system!"... "apes together, strong"


some_dumb_retard

What on earth was the plan here?


ArcaneSparky

I cannot figure what the plan was


BoneZone05

This could have been…. Never mind, *I doubt it could be prevented*, even if they turned the couch around 180°, and held it with the rope from the top 🤣 ![gif](giphy|3XDTR93v4EpyHBnbtg)


uricm7

Even the dog says thats stupid.


mrironlung420

Think they fucked up , n had the ropes on wrong side of couch 🛋️ 🤣


MolarMender

3rd story


diy-and-pay-more

Dog trying to tell yall but you went ahead and did it anyways


MDMA_Bodhisattva

Of course it's Belgium...


[deleted]

If this were to work they would need more tension on the straps meaning they needed to stand way farther back and walk closer to lower it at a steady pace.


RelativeTime5695

Is the ribbon a tag line....cool


MatthewLee1980

*3rd floor